Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-25
BAD FOR FAIRS.
CONTINUED BAD WEATHER IN THg
OLD NORTH STATE.
officials to Leave for aichmond-Graded
School Question-A Boy Prevents
an Accident,
Especial telegram 10 The Di,patcb.

leave tomorrow for Richmond to be
present at the monument ceremonies.
Governor Scales greatly regrets his ina
bility to he present. but an engagement
made months ago to speak at fair at
Hickory prevents his attending.
he graded school case from Dur
ham county comes up in the Supreme
Court this week. The result will be
watched with special interest, as it in
wolves the question OF whether the act
submitting the question of graded
schools to a vote OF the people should
not require it to be ratified by ma
jority Of the qualified voters. A ma
lonty OF the qualified voters, in fact,
voted for schools, and it was so de-
clared by the county commissioners.
j he levy of tax is resisted on the ground
that the act is unconstitutional.
There were present to-day at Wake
Forest College 1873 students the largest
number on record. The chemical la.
boratory is completed, and will be oc-
cupied next week.
Saturday 8 mail train going from Ra-
lCigh to Goldsboro', which was crowded
with passengers Oh the way home from
the fair, was tagged down by little
boy who had discovered a broken rail
A section of the rail was broken aud
tom up. A horrible accident was thus
ayerted, no doubt. The boy was liberal
lyrewarded by the passengers.
This afternoon the body Of an un-
known white man was washed up on
the beach at Beaufort.
The Governors Guard, of this city,
tonight decided to go to Richmond,
and will leave tomorrow afternoon ria
Greensboro in special car. Captain
Edward Il. Englehard will be in com
mand. The company will number
about thirty men.
The Mann-Arrington Mining Com
pany has been incorporated under the
laws of this State, with capital stock
of 100000. 1t owns 1850 acres of
land III Nash county. The incOrpora-
tors are all businessmen, with T.. W.
Lyon, of Raleigh, rs general manager
and secretary. W. ID. Wood, o. p.
Scaife, and Sullivan johnson, all bust
ness-men of high standing, and all of
Pittsburgh, Pa, give solidity to the
company. They have spent much time
and money in proving the property be-
fore going permanently into the work
OF mining tor gold. 1t is said that the
prospects are good.
The Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina meets at Fayetteville to-mor-
row.
News has been received Of the burn
ing of the store of II. Sherman, at
Mount holly, with its stock of general
merchandise. The loss is not known.
There was some insurance.
The Atlantic Baptist Association
meets at Goldsboro' tomorrow. The
opening sermon will be preached by
Rev. A. j. Hires. The annual conven-
ton of the Disciples of Christ, held
this year at Oak Grove, Pitt county,
ended yesterday.
A station on the new railway from
Statosville to Taylorsville has been
named Hiddenite This is in honor of
North Cardinals most beautiful gem,
which is taken from Mr.. William Earl
Hiddon's celebrated gem mine near
there. The real discoyerer of the gem
Hiddenite was a Mr.. Stevenson, of
Statesville, but Mr.. Hidden brought it
10 worlds notice and a ST. Louis
chemist gave it his name. 1t is of just
the value Of the diamond, and is of
pure green color as a rule. Techni-
cally il is green spodumene.
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be published at Salisbury, with b. +.
Upton and j. c. Upton as editors.
Tie Lincolnton Press and the Dallas
C0rCH viii be merged in the new
paper.
a negro named Van johnson was
sentenced at Tarboro' last Saturday to
be hanged for an outrageous assault.
An appeal to the Supreme Court has
been taken.
Wilmington's special committee on
the matter OF the extension of the Cape
Fear and Yadkin-Nalley railway to that
port will meet in conference with the
directors of the road at the annual
meeting of the latter, at Fayetteville,
November 9th.
A letter received by me this morning
from Adjutant General tombstone
Jones, at Ashcyille, dated the 22d, says:
" As to Richmond, / know of but one
company that is going-the Edgecombe
Guard. Every company,of the Second
and Fourth regiments, through the
colonels, has reported inability to at
tend, on account OF the busy season.
The colonel of the Third expected to
take the companies from Winston,
Reidsville, Durham, and Oxford; but
| think there IS little chance of it. |
see nothing now but that North Caro-
lima will show up in numbers 50 small
as to he scarcely appreciate. l am
sorry for this. The demands of en-
ployers for the time of their employees
at this time of the year makes the
movement of the Guard without State
aid quite an impossibility." Thousands
of North Carolinians will share General
Jones's regrets. 1t was hoped and be
lieved that the State Guard would be
very handsomely represented.
The cotton-gin of II. c. Dockery, In
Richmond county, was burned Satur-
day. with some cotton, the total loss
being 81, 600, with no insurance.
The colored people were disappointed
in not having John Sherman at their
State fair here this week. 1t is now
said that William Malone, their other
invited speaker, will not, after ALL be
present.
Contemplating is now in full swing
again. Iha bad weather checked 1t
somewhat and did considerable damage
10 the open bolls. About two thirds OF
the entire crop appears to have been
picked thus far.
THE ANARCHISIA' CASE.
ID, .t.a ~ g SuDreme